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Today In Hip Hop History: Naughty By Nature's Self Titled Debut Album Turns 30 Years Old! Naughty By Nature's Self Titled Debut Album Turns 30 Years Old!
(Image: Twitter) If you are an older hip-hop fan and recognize the anthems of “Hip-Hop Hooray”, “OPP,” and “Uptown Anthem,” then you are very familiar with rappers Treach (Nee Anthony Criss), Vin Rock (real name Vincent Brown), and DJ/producer Kay Gee (Keir Lamont Gist)–the members of Naughty By Nature. You may also remember the group had its own fashion line and merchandise, headed by Vin Rock. Treach was known as the frontman and lyrical terrorist of the group; Kay Gee was the mastermind of the production and had the turntable skills. While Vin Rock handled the microphone, he...
Urban Mystic Shows That ‘Conversational R&B’ Is Alive And Well Urban Mystic Shows That ‘Conversational R&B’ Is Alive And Well Urban Mystic Shows That ‘Conversational R&B’ Is Alive And Well R&B music seems to be headed in a more up-tempo/genre-bending direction, with its artists getting assists from rappers and others to create hits. As a result, this appears to be the perfect time for the return of one of the more underappreciated vocalists in the game: Urban Mystic, and his undeniably powerful voice. He has consistently showed off his pipes throughout his career. His “Ghe...
Another year, another Black History Month coming to a close. For the past 28 days, The Root has been celebrating Black Joy and how that looks—whether it’s through art, family, food or music. Panama Jackson, senior editor of Very Smart Brothas, has brought us all the joy through the most iconic and Blackest album covers of our time. Granted, there are probably more than 28 out there, but it would be hard to top this series in all of its Blackness. A slew of my personal favorites made this list—Miles Davis in particular because Sundays were for jazz in my house and this particular album...
By: Deborah Speer cover of Pollstar 12/21/20 issue Ben Bart might have seemed like another unremarkable music fan as a young man from Knoxville, Tenn., in the 1930s, other than a penchant for traveling between Memphis and Nashville to see the orchestras and bands of the day perform live. The main object of his affection was “race music” – the euphemism of the time for what evolved into R&B and soul music, and the (segregated) domain of Black musicians. He’d gotten a job at the Gale Agency booking the artists he loved and, by 1945, was read...